Junk.
Sorry, but this might be the only 19th century novel I've read that not only do I not recommend, but I did not enjoy reading it and don't care to read it again.
Jude the Obscure received such a trouncing by critics that Thomas Hardy never wrote another novel. As much as I love Hardy's earlier work, I have to say I'm not sorry if this is what he planned to shovel out.
